Lawyers for Hunter Biden—who was convicted earlier this month on three gun felonies—requested the president’s son receive a new trial for his federal gun charges, arguing proper procedure was not followed as the case was brought before a previous appeal was formally dismissed.
Lawyers for President Joe Biden’s son argued in court documents Monday that the court in which ... [+]
In a court document filed Monday, Biden’s lawyers requested he receive a new trial because the previous trial began before a circuit court formally gave the go-ahead after dismissing Biden’s request for appeal.
“Mr. Biden’s convictions should be vacated because the Court lacked jurisdiction to proceed to trial,” Biden’s lawyers concluded in the Monday request based on a procedural matter.
Biden was convicted on June 11 on all three charges he faced related to unlawfully buying a gun while he was addicted to drugs in 2018.
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